Smoker&#39;s convenience



Aug. 23, 1932; F. J. ZIEGLER SMOKER S CONVENIENCE Filed June 12, 1951 Patented Aug. 23, 1932 UNIEnsTAJT FREDERICK J. 'ZIEGLER, or DECATUR, irLmivors SMOKERS CONVENIENCE 2 Application filed June 12, 1931. Serial No. 543,994.

This invention aims to provide a. novel means for holding the ashes which fall from a cigarette or cigar, it being possible to set down the holder on a table, without having the holder tip over, and it being possible to close the holder to retain the ashes, so that the holder can be placed in the pocket of a garment.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of thatvtype to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, the article being opened; 7

Figure 2 is a top plan, wherein the article is shown closed;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a transverse section on the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmental longitudinal section showing a modification.

In carrying out the invention, as disclosed in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, there is provided a tray 1 including a trough shaped outer member 2 having guides 3 along its upper edges,

the member 2 comprising a short top 4 hav- 1 ing upstanding flanges 5 carrying a pivot element 6. The inner end of the member 2 is open as shown at 7, the outer end of the member 2 is closed by a wall 8 carrying an inwardly extended lip 9, and having an upwardly prolonged extension 10 which is joined to the flanges 5.

The tray 1 comprises a trough shaped inner member 11, mounted to slide longitudinally within the outer member 2, the upper edges of the member 11 being slidable in the guides?) of the outer member2, as shown clearly in Figure 4 of the drawing. The trough shaped inner member 11 has, an open end 12, and the opposite extremity of the member 11 is closed by a wall 14. The parts '7 2 and 11 of the tray 1 are telescoped together, as shown in Figure 3. There exists, in the top ofthe tray, an opening which is marked by the numeral 21. On the outer end wall 14 of the inner member 11 of the tray 1 there is an off: set bracket 15 provided in its upper edge witha notch or seat 16. p The numeral 17 -marks a mouthpiece, pro vided at its working end with the usual transverse rib 18 which prevents the mouth piece from slippingtout of the teeth of'the smoker. The mouthpiece 17 has a depend ing wing 19 extended between the flanges 5,

the pivot element 6 passing through the wing 19, the mouth piece 17 thus being pivotally connected with the tray 1. On the upp lug 22. I

lVhen the device is opened, as shown in F igure 1, the tray 1 lies below and in front of the mouth piece 17, so asto receive ashes which fall from the cigarette or cigar in the I mouth piece. The upper edge of the extension 10 of the wall 8 of the trayengages the rear edge of the wing 19, and, thus, the mouth piece 17 and the tray 1 are held in the position delineated in Figure 1 of the drawing, it being impossible for the tray 1 to swing downwardly on'the pivot element 6, below the position shown in'that figure.

' The inner trough shaped member 11 may be slid to the right in F iguresfl, 2 and 3, thereby to accommodate cigars or cigarettes of different lengths. When the mouth piece 17 is folded downwardly and forwardly into the position shown in Fi ures 2 and 3, the mouth piece forms a comp ete closure for theopening 21 of the tray, and ashes can not get out of the tray. The user, therefore, can carry the folded article of Figures 2 and 3, in his pocket, without spillingthe ashes. The operator can'press against'the portion of the wing 19 there is a small lug 22, and swing the mouth piece 17 upwardly to a partial opened position, from the vents ashes from finding their way outwardly, to anyappreciable eXtent, along the end wall 8-10 of the "tray. 'When the mouth piece '17 is folded, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the mouth piece fits inthe notch 16 of the bracket on the end wall 14 of the member 11 of the tray 1, and the rib 18, cooperating with the bracket it, prevents the inner memher 11 of the trayfrom sliding to the right 7 retain the ashes.

bottom, and can be set down on atable, with J in Figure 1 and opening the tray. The device, therefore, when; closed, will securely The tray 1 is flat on the out tipping over. Although the longitudinally extensible tray shown in the drawing piece is swung downwardly and forwardly upon the tray. 7 V

3. The'holder for cigars and cigarettes set forth in claim 1, and further characterized by the fact that themeans for pivoting the a mouthpiece 'tothe tray embodies a pivot element carried by the tray, and a hook car- 'ried by the mouth piece and releasably engaged around the pivot element. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, have hereto aflixed by signature.

FREDERICK J. ZIEGLERJ is highly usefuhand an importantelement ofthe invention, the tray may be constructed otherwise" than as. shown and described. The device may be made 'of any suitablematerial. l i p v I In the modification shownin Figure 5 of the'drawing, a different means has been employed for piv'otally connecting the mouth Pice with the tray. In Figure 5, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with. the suffix V a. I The mouth piece 17a hasa hook 20,

qwhich. engages detachably with the pivot element 6a] Therefore, if the operator wishes, he can take off the mouth piece 17 a, and use'it alone, without the tray 1a. Aside fromthe difference in the pivotal mounting shown'at 20-6c'z, the structure of Figure 6 is like thestructure shown in Figures '1, 2, 3

and 4 of the drawing:

' I claim: V V

l. A holder for cigars and cigarettes, comprising a mouthpiece, a trough shaped tray located below and at the outer endflof the mouth piece, so was to catch the ashes that fall from, the article in the'mouth piece, and means for pivoting the mouth piece to the tray, at

a place near to one'end of the tray, the tray having an opening in its top, the mouth piece being as wide as the opening, and at least aslong as the opening, whereby whenthe mouth piece is swung downwardly and forwardly,,the mouth piece will completely close the opening and retain theashes in the tray,

. ing the mouth piece on one of said members of the'tray and interen'gaging elementson the mouth. piece and .on the other of said members 'ofthe tray, which coact tohold said;

' members of the tray against relative longi:

tudinalslid'ing movement, when the mouth 

